‘Too Much’ celebrates the visual excess and dramatic potency of a form of cinema which champions decadence over ‘good taste’. Tracing the form from the “woman’s pictures” of classic Hollywood to the heightened plotlines of the Mexican Golden Age and the restrained tragedy of Mizoguchi or Naruse, the season will encourage audiences to forgo restraint and feel something.

The season will celebrate costuming, production design and the female stars who drew audiences to the cinema, reframing perceptions of female characters and storylines in the classic era. In addition to titles from the Golden Age, the wider FAN offering will explore the influence of the melodramatic mode all the way from the silent era to today.

A Creative Brief and Guidelines will be shared in the next few weeks with more information. For now, FAN members are invited to Watershed, Bristol on Tuesday 15th April to join the team and experts involved to explore how you might develop your own activity as part of this UK wide programme. This is also a chance to connect with other film exhibitors that are also interested in developing such projects.

The day is an opportunity for BFI FAN members to come together to explore the themes and opportunities as part of Too Much. You might just want to find out more about menu titles available; or would like to develop a bespoke programme in your location; or have an idea for a cross FAN project involving several exhibitors around the UK. Get involved!

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